Budleigh Past and Present

Continued from 6 November 1942 - ‘In loving memory of a dear husband’: SAPPER ARTHUR STANLEY PENGILLEY (1914-42) https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2021/01/ww2-75-6-november-1942-in-loving-memory.html   Budleigh Salterton War Memorial, at the junction of Coastguard Road and Salting Hill Like many others who are commemorated on our War Memorial, Alfred was from a family well known in the local area. In the parish records of St Peter’s Burial Ground I counted no less than 17 members of the Burch family.       He is also commemorated on both East Budleigh’s village memorial and in  All Saints’ Church, simply because his parents were living in Knowle, a mile or so west of Budleigh Salterton and part of East Budleigh parish, at the time of his death.   This photo of Percy Burch is from the Kath Gooding Collection and was used in D. Richard Cann’s splendid Book of Budleigh Salterton (2005). Percy Alwyn Burch is recorded in the 1901 C...

Continued from 24 October 1942 - ‘Sadly missed by his sorrowing wife’: PRIVATE CHARLES WILLIAM HOLMES (1910-42) https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2021/01/ww2-75-24-october-1942-sadly-missed-by.html       Budleigh Salterton War Memorial at the junction of Coastguard Road and Salting Hill    It’s no surprise to find Arthur Stanley Pengilley remembered on Budleigh War Memorial. His family name is well known in the area, though it can be confusing to see the spelling variations. I counted nine Pengilleys and eight Pengillys in the parish record of burials.       According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Arthur’s parents were Charles Pengilley and his wife Ellen. Investigating further, I found that Ellen had local connections through her maiden name of Bickley. Her father was Charles Bickley, from another well known local family. In the 1891 Census he is listed as a labourer living at Kersbrook Cottages. His ...

Continued from 25 Sept 1942 -   A tragic accident at Dalditch Camp: LIEUTENANT JAMES AYERS BAYLEY (1918-42)      https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2020/10/ww2-75-tragic-accident-at-dalditch-camp.html         El Alamein War Cemetery.  Image credit: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Charles’ name does not appear on Budleigh Salterton’s War Memorial, but the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records tell us that he was the husband of ‘G. E. Holmes, of Budleigh Salterton’ and that he is commemorated in the El Alamein War Cemetery.   Image credit: www.warmemorialsonline.org He is also listed on Otterton's War Memorial. Thanks to the kindness of Otterton resident Jane Bennett I was able to incorporate information from her book Otterton Remembers , published in 2018. The book gives detailed biographies of Otterton men whose names are listed on the village war memorial: 16 from World War One and seven from World...